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Artist's illustration of the space station that Houston-based company Axiom Space plans to build in Earth orbit.

Building a private space station: Q&A with Axiom Space CTO Matt Ondler

By Mike Wall last updated

Space.com caught up with Axiom Space's Matt Ondler recently to discuss the company's space station plans and the outlook for private industry in low Earth orbit, among other things.

International Space Station
Michael Lopez-Alegria is assigned to command AX-1 in 2021, the first in a series of commercial missions to the International Space Station that will serve as a precursor to Axiom Space attaching its own modules to the orbital complex.

SpaceX to fly 3 more private astronaut missions to space station for Axiom Space

By Mike Wall last updated

Axiom Space will fly three additional crewed missions to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, the two companies announced today (June 2).

International Space Station
Artist's illustration of the space station that Houston-based company Axiom Space plans to build in Earth orbit.

Axiom Space: Building the off-Earth economy

By Mike Wall published

Reference Axiom Space plans to operate its own space station in low Earth orbit in the coming years, and it has inked deals with SpaceX to fly multiple tourist missions to the International Space Station.

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The International Space Station as pictured from a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule during a November 2021 fly around. The White House has directed NASA to extend space station operations through 2030.

White House directs NASA to extend International Space Station operations through 2030

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

But the outpost's other partners have to sign on as well.

International Space Station
An artist's illustration of the Starlab private space station, a joint project of the companies Nanoracks, Lockheed Martin and Voyager Space. Starlab will be operational by 2027, if all goes according to plan.

Meet Starlab: Private space station planned to fly in 2027

By Mike Wall last updated

Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin announced today (Oct. 21) that they plan to get a free-flying private space station called Starlab up and running in low Earth orbit by 2027.

Human Spaceflight
The Russian Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft is seen docked to Russia's Nauka multipurpose laboratory module at the International Space Station after a relocation maneuver on Sept. 28, 2021.

Errant Russian spacecraft thruster firing tilts space station by accident again

By Mike Wall published

Unplanned thruster firings by a Russian spacecraft briefly knocked the International Space Station off kilter today (Oct. 15), the second such incident in less than three months.

International Space Station
Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

Cosmonaut photos show International Space Station from rare perspective

By Mike Wall published

Two images shared on Twitter last week by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky show the International Space Station in all its complex, multimodular glory.

International Space Station
On Dec. 6, 1998, the STS-88 space shuttle crew captured the Russian-built Zarya module, which launched on Nov. 20 of that year, and mated it with the Unity node.

Small cracks found in International Space Station module: report

By Mike Wall published

Small cracks have been discovered in the International Space Station's Russian-built Zarya module, according to a new report.

International Space Station
NASA astronaut Christina Koch working on the Genes In Space-6 experiment on the International Space Station.

Astronauts successfully demonstrate DNA repair in space using CRISPR technology

By Ailsa Harvey published

New research on the International Space Station has increased astronauts' knowledge of DNA repair in space.

Technology
China's Tiangong space station has a modular design similar to the International Space Station.

China's Tiangong space station: What it is, what it's for, and how to see it

By Paulo de Souza published

It will be built on a modular design, similar to the International Space Station operated by the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency.

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